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Mr Edwards said: “The defendant squirted liquid from the bottle over himself and the vehicle, and had a cigarette lighter in his hand. He said, ‘I will light us all up’.

“The officer attempted to calm the defendant down. He eventually had to use his PAVA spray to incapacitate the defendant.”

Rogers went on to plead guilty to charges of affray, assault by beating, driving while disqualified and using a vehicle without insurance following the incident on February 12.

The court heard he also admitted burglary and arson following a separate incident in September. Rogers broke into a business on a Longport industrial estate and ‘ransacked’ the premises before setting a fire, which he said was to keep warm.

Rogers, of no fixed address, has 28 previous convictions for 96 offences, and was in breach of a suspended sentence at the time.

Andrew Turnock, mitigating, said: “This spate of offending was committed under the influence of monkey dust.

“He is completely incapable of explaining his offending. It was almost as though he was operating in an alternative reality.

“He expresses genuine remorse and aspires never to come back to court again.”